[Shirley Littler worked in the Home Office Police Department in 1976-77 and later became a trustee of the Police Foundation, a charity which publishes independent research on aspects of policing. The papers listed here include texts of two reports of major inquiries chaired by Ruth Runciman [Ruth Hellmann, Girton 1956].] Papers include:
Register of Policing Research 1986-87, compiled by Cathy Bird, 1987, pub. The Police Foundation;
Regulating Custodial Interviews: The Effects of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 Vol. 1, 1988, by Barrie L Irving and Ian K McKenzie;
Report of the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice, July 1993;
Themes in Contemporary Policing, 1996, collated and edited by William Saulsbury, Joy Mott and Tim Newburn;
The Role and Responsibilities of the Police: the Report of an Independent Inquiry established by the Police Foundation and the Policy Studies Institute, 1996;
Zero Tolerance: What does it mean and is it right for policing in Britain? Ed. Mollie Weatheritt, pub. The Police Foundation, 1998;
Drugs and the Law: Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, chaired by Viscountess Runciman, 2000.
The file also contains 'Home Office 1782-1982', a booklet to commemorate the Home Office bicentenary, 1981.